A new member of the solar system has been detected, the second-largest of its kind, suggesting there may be more like it ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

A distant, icy world has just been added to our solar system’s official roster, and its strange orbit might challenge one of ...

As we attempt to become a multi-planet species recent research has mapped a “interstellar tunnel” from our solar system pointing toward the constellation Centaurus. That is direction in which ...

The Solar System is the name given to the part of space that surrounds the Sun. Even though it is bigger than anything we can imagine, the Solar System is actually a very tiny part of the universe.

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp ... you might have memorized that there were nine planets in our solar system, as heard in the famous Schoolhouse Rock! song, Interplanet ...

On March 29, a partial solar eclipse will be visible from parts of the northeastern U.S ... glimpse of the celestial mechanics of the solar system. According to NASA, there will be 224 solar ...

New research may shine a light on part of outer space's great mysteries ... trillions of icy objects on the edge of our solar system. But while it has been accepted as a theory for over 70 ...